A barricade. Putting your knee on a knack for that amount of. That amount of time. Is just. Uncalled for a Senior Police officer gives his assessment of the force used against george floyd before he died saying it was totally unnecessary. Gunshots have been heard in the streets of me m r as a military carries out another crackdown on anti kook protesters at least 5 people have reportedly been killed in 3 different cities on saturday despite that demonstrations are continuing against military takeover in major cities including young gone and mandalay and lets not to take the chang he joins us live from bangkok in neighboring thailand and the protests have been ongoing for nearly 2 months now in spite of the crackdown whats been happening today. Well we understand there been major protests in a lot of the urban centers as you mentioned as there have been pretty much every day since the coup happened at the beginning of february the Security Services also continue to crank down with lethal force we understand that 3 protesters have been killed in money while one in monster 8 and another in go. Crackdown continues in mandalay in poorer there are a large number of people out on the street they were then dispersed by the Security Services again using stun grenades rubber bullets and live fire we havent heard of any fatalities yet but information is very difficult to get in her and young gone there have also been protests too so the protesters are really still very determined to get out there in some places theyre going out very early in the morning at the crack of dawn in other places theyre going out on motorbikes trying to to disperse quickly give themselves an easy exit when the Security Services come after them but one thing theyre definitely not doing is stopping their protests and understand that Wireless Internet Services have been cut. Indeed and this is the being a sort of bottleneck of information coming out its very noticeable how Little Information there is today on social media coming out some people are still able to access access it if they have direct fiber connections at home but a lot of people now have no access to wife i know the whole internet is being shut down and night it hasnt been completely cut off because the military a very keen to leave some of their Communications Infrastructure in place so the business can continue but a lot of business has been very badly affected by the Civil Disobedience Movement which people have been adhering to again since the coup happened and that has shut down a lot of banks a lot of businesses and i think at this stage the military has made the decision that cutting off the internet for most people is better because its stopping a lot of the images that are being flashed around the world of the brutality of the Security Services a using in their crackdowns and if the cost of that is the loss of business so be it many of them have already closed down but people are being very ingenious theyre still managing to organize themselves in smaller groups it seems the protests now seem to be happening in more localized neighborhoods there are presumably information about that is being passed by word of mouth in some cases theyre posting. Messages a bus stop so the people can see where the protests are expected to be but it is getting very difficult for people to communicate with the outside world and thats something thats been reflected in some of the messages were seeing on social media as people feel theyre being choked off and cut off from the outside world or entirely there for the moment to tony chang the reporting from bangkok. Prosecutors in taiwan have questioned the driver and the owner of a construction truck rolled on to rail tracks just as the train was approaching at least 50 people were killed when the train hit the truck and derailed and. These are live pictures from the scene you can see the relatives of those affected by the Incident Holding banners and making our presence felt it is perceived to be the worst work real disaster in recent history nearly 500 people were on board the taiwans president has visited the injured in hospital he spoke about disaster. For you. This distressing accident caused heavy casualties i came to while in today to visit our wounded and express my sympathy to the families of the victims we will definitely do our best to help deal with the funeral issues at present the hospitals are also doing their best and will give the best care to the wounded. Is following the story from kuala lumpur and she sent the subject officials have warned that the death toll could still go up the more mangled sections of the train are still inside a tunnel officials havent been able to remove all parts of the train are trying to get to that today and theyve warned that more body parts more bodies could be identified and the death toll could certainly go up so the so authorities in taiwan a keen to show that they are taking safety issues in taiwan very seriously now the last derailment was also on the same eastern line and that was only 3 years ago where 18 people were killed and the transport minister has said hes very sorry for whats happened and that he accepts full responsibility and we know that taiwan is already in mourning they expect 3 days of mourning and flags have been ordered to be flown at half mast for 3 days from friday. A Police Officer has been killed and another injured when a man rammed his car into a barricade outside the u. S. Capitol building in washington d. C. Its like it was shot and died in hospital the area was immediately put into lockdown 3 months off to congress was raided by dont Trump Supporters particle he reports now from washington d. C. Its happened again. Another attack on the u. S. Capitol suspect. Its called in to officers and then hit the north barricade barrier assets time the suspect exit the vehicle with a knife and hand the suspect is believed to be 25 year old noah Greene Police say he lunged at the officers and they shot him dead before his car rammed the steel barricade police say he ran over 2 officers William Evans an 18 year veteran of the force was killed his body escorted to the morgue by a long line of police cars the other officer was seriously injured i just asked that the public continue to keep u. S. Capitol police and their families and in your prayers. This is been an extremely difficult time for u. S. Capitol police less than 3 months ago another member of the Capitol Police force died after trying to battle back a pro trump mob attempting to stop the election in that case reinforcements took hours but thousands of National Guard troops have been here since just after the january 6th attack and they quickly surrounded the building alert for a follow up attack that didnt come congress is not in session right now police say they had no intelligence on the south bank before this happened so now they start looking for a motive. Most of the fences that have surrounded the capital since the attempted insurrection have been taken down there were thousands fewer soldiers walking the grounds there was a sense that life here was going back to something approaching normal not now not after another deadly day in front of the symbol of american democracy patty kahane al jazeera washington. It has been a dramatic week of testimony in the trial of a former Police Officer charged with killing george floyd a Senior Police officer testified that the chair of ins decision to kneel on floyds neck was a totally unnecessary act that any force carol and its on the reports from minneapolis. The end of the 1st week of the murder trial may have lacked the tearful emotion of the previous days but for the defense team it was perhaps the most devastating the jury heard from one of the highest ranking members of the Minneapolis Police force lieutenant Richard Zimmerman 40 year veteran and a homicide detective he was called onto the scene in the aftermath of floyds arrest and subsequent death to investigate in no Uncertain Terms he condemned of his knee choke hold on george floyd. For. It is just. Uncalled for. No reason why the officers felt they were in danger if thats what they felt. And thats what they would have to feel to be able to use that kind of force. In an exclusive interview with after the Court Proceedings had been adjourned for the week George Floyds uncle selwyn jones told me the family just wants justice all im doing is sitting back just waiting you know just waiting for that day because when i hear guilty i dont get to see him at thanksgiving or christmas or hollowing i dont get the city anymore he dont get to see his baby he dont get to do any of the things hes supposed to be doing because somebody decided that that day he would be judge jury and executioner its extremely rare for Police Officers to testify against one of their own and the dramatic testimony caps a week that saw several witnesses break down in tears in front of the jury while recounting what it was like to watch george floyd. Who do you think is winning this case in the 1st week. Theres no doubt in the 1st week that the government put its best foot forward in one of the things that they did is used video repeatedly and in different ways to emphasize their point because video has that objectivity that no eyewitness is going to have however for many people here in the Africanamerican Community theres still a long way to go in this trial they have control right now were just theyre just whats in their opinion we dont have no control he came through this journey to kill theel today they said not guilty he can walk away scot free before the trial will continue on monday and its expected prosecutors will continue to call more witnesses perhaps even the chief of police gabriel. Aljazeera and yeah pulis gunman in haiti have kidnapped a pastor and 3 worshipers during a ceremony that was streamed live on facebook. Its quite members can be seen singing before dropping microphones and hiding a man holmes with a rifle then storms the church and takes away the tack happened on thursday it of 7th day adventist parish on the outskirts of the capital port au prince. Its a lead here on aljazeera iran says its ready to meet with World Leaders next week to save the 2015 nuclear deal while the u. S. Will not hold direct talks with iran. That a changing climate delivers south korea another Cherry Blossom record for the 2nd year running. Its time for the perfect gentleman. Sponsored plan Qatar Airways. How alive the hate is starting to drain away across a cute parcel of year now because colin is coming in from a north diving galaxy central parts of where those koans run into some relatively warm air coming in across the mediterranean warm southerly winds we have got quite an area of rain sleet and snow some warnings in falls there around the balkans some snow there for the generic out this little bit of a wintry mix too into rumania further west it is somewhat quieter but its still cool here as well in temperatures struggling to get into double figures for london for paris might be 15 celsius in glasgow thats not too bad madrid will see one of 2 showers into central and southern parts of spite but it around 19 degrees celsius the sas stay off they will be up to 20 celsius for sunday largely dry by this days just wanted to showers into that eastern side of spade wanted to show was over towards central parts of the med but it does turn somewhat draw for italy still some wintry flurries there coming in across southern parts of the balkans may be creeping into Northern Areas of greece as well further north it is largely dry if a lot of still on the cool side cold arrest starting to dive down from the arctic and thats going to herald a change as we go on into the early part of next week we simply cold weather for many. Sponsored paul Qatar Airways when freedom of the press is under threat demonstrators and journalists are dealing with internet outages Police Intimidation and charges of said dish and the state line becomes the default the media mainly images that that leak that it gives to these guys that just how did he create a new system makes it hard for people to know whats real and whats not step outside the mainstream shift the focus covering the way the news discovered the listening posts on a. Got to get you watching aljazeera among the top stories this hour and gunshots have been heard in mammo streets as the military carries out another crack down on one to keep protests at least 5 people have reportedly been killed in 3 different cities and since. At least 50 people are being killed when a train collided with a truck in d. Railed in taiwan prosecutors have questioned the driver and a of a construction truck that rolled onto the rail tracks. A Police Officer has been killed and another injured when a man rammed his car into a barrier outside the u. S. Capitol complex in washington d. C. The attacker was shot and died in hospital. Democratic republic of congo broke up a protest in the eastern city of goma on friday theres anger about attacks by rebel groups that have killed at least 200 people in recent weeks the un says around 100 different rebel groups are operating in eastern d. L. C. It has this report. They hold up photographs of some of the dead victims of the latest mass killing in eastern democratic republic of congo activists with a group called fight for change are demanding the government and un do more to stop the bloodshed at least 123 people reported killed in numerous attacks during the last 3 weeks. We denounce the ineffectiveness of the u. N. Force minister which has an offensive mission but which for years has failed to do anything. We want to mobilize the national and International Opinion in the face of this tragedy. A rebel group called the allied Democratic Forces or i. D. F. The suspected of carrying out the latest attack 23 people shot and many hacked with machetes in a village in the remote forests of the benny region in the northeast of the country the problem is we. The i. D. F. Originated in neighboring uganda or in the 1990 s. With the aim of setting up a socalled Islamic State it is one of more than a 100 rebel groups fighting for control of territory in the resource rich region. The un says a recent surge in attacks by the i. D. F. Has killed nearly 200 people and forced 40000 others to flee their homes it says the attacks could constitute crimes against humanity. So very much. We must no longer continue to count deaths we do not know if we are really in a country where there is a government because a responsible government must not allow people to keep being killed on it if the government feels incapable i believe the government should go and cooperate with other states to help. One of the uns mission in eastern democratic republic of congo was set up in 2010 and includes thousands of military personnel and police a Mission Statement says must go is authorized to use all necessary means to protect civilians aid and human rights workers on the threat of violence. Anger over the killings is rising across the region there was scuffles when a u. N. Aid truck arrived in the town of pretend. Police dispersed the crowd by firing into yeah. The police broke up the demonstration in goma some protesters would beaten and bundled into a van the latest mass killings suggest u. N. Forces are not able to stop the violence in eastern democratic republic of congo and the protest to say Police Action against them shows the government wont even listen to their demands that the killings must stop chance trotwood aljazeera. Somalias military says its pushed back and attacked by alshabaab fighters swiss is say 2 army bases were hit about 100 kilometers from the capital of mogadishu where the government says most of the attackers were killed the group is also claiming victory it says it captured the basis and dozens of somali soldiers were killed in the fighting maybe human Rights Groups in russia have released a report condemning moscows involvement in the syrian conflict it was released codes i did with the 10th anniversary of the war prince interviews with survivors and says most syrians view russia as a destructive Foreign Force the authors also criticize Russian Media for failing to report on attacks against civilians and this is the 1st conflict in the history of possibly attraction and that has russian army that much involved and in. Russia and human rights said defenders are not feeling it closely and the public mainly get the sense the information about this conflict from. Media outlets available at the state level. And the average russians do not know enough. The International Criminal court says it welcomes a decision by the United States to lift sanctions and visa restrictions on its employees imposed by the trumpet ministration the i. C. C. Chief prosecutor and another top official were among those targeted as the court began to investigate american troops for potential war crimes in afghanistan but secretary of state Anthony Blinken says that washington still disagrees with that and other investigations Steven Rattner is a professor of law at the university of michigan and he says its another strong message from the Biden Administration to its international partners. Well its a very significant move for the United States and i think its part of the basically 180 degree we are in taishan of u. S. Foreign policy under the new by an administration that said follows along with many other initiatives like rejoining the paris accord i think the u. S. Is trying to send a signal to 3 audiences here and i think 1st and most importantly perhaps our u. S. Allies many of whom are party to the i. C. C. Statute and who saw this move as complete sort of overkill in response to an investigation it would almost be like putting sanctions on the u. N. Secretary general for just doing his job but secondly i think the u. S. Is trying to send a signal more positive relationship with the i. C. C. That it treats the i. C. C. Is a serious mechanism for accountability and its going to begin to engage and cooperate with the i. C. C. And then i think it sends a message to all other states that the u. S. Now trying to work with International Organizations and not go unilateral on all important issues so i think it means that i. C. C. Officials are now going to come to the United States i think you know i think may share information with them in their profit in the potential investigation of the taliban which will be very very helpful for bringing justice. For the taliban who committed war crimes and i think the u. S. Is going to be trying to explain to the i. C. C. Officials why charges should not be brought against any u. S. Forces either because no crimes were committed or because theyve been investigated whether they will succeed or not its way too early to see but it will be a dialogue and the u. S. I think figured that it was much more likely to meet its policy goals if they talk to the i. C. C. Than if it just rebuffed it. Iran says its all to mistake about the course of negotiations to save the 2015 nuclear deal the countries which signed the according to being china france and britain are expected to meet in vienna next week and for the 1st time since the law withdrew from the agreement in 2018 a u. S. Delegation will be present although it Wont Take Part directly in the total we are very clear eyed about the hurdles that remain these talks will be structured around working groups that the e. U. Is going to form with their remaining partners in the day c. P. O. Way including iran and the primary issues that will be discussed at the nuclear steps that iran would need to take in order to return to compliance with the j c p a way and the sanctions relief steps the United States would need to take in order to return to compliance as well we dont anticipate presently that there will be direct talks between the United States and iran through the process though we certainly remain open to them or told me yes i beg will bring is the view from tehran but 1st top officials in washington looks at the u. S. Approach to these talks. We know that joe biden when he was campaigning to become president said it was his intention to go back into the Iran Nuclear Deal certainly over the last couple of months there have been talks between the american side and the iranians through intermediaries including the europeans trying to see if there is some way they could come to an agreement with neither side ready to make the 1st step to really and were to stop the enrichment of uranium the said they would consider that if the United States lift sanctions or perhaps even gave them the 130000000000. 00 worth of oil sales cash that was frozen abroad neither side ready to make that 1st step so there have been discussions in appears theres no been a breakthrough its getting both sides together in the same city of perhaps not in the same room perhaps not face to face talks but certainly this is something that the United States are looking forward to from the state Department Just in the last 10 minutes of had this statement where they see that it is early days and while there is no signs of an immediate breakthrough in the dont anticipate an immediate breakthrough and there will be difficult discussions ahead we believe that this is a healthy step forward you have to remember a couple of things 1st of all that the iranians have a president ial election in june so the United States would be keen to at least get the workings of a new deal under way before then the other thing is that they want to talk about things outside the nuclear deal they dont just want to talk about and richmond and the process that was there before they also want to talk about missile testing and also whether or not iran will look at how it influences other countries in the region. Well the news was welcomed by Irans Nuclear chief he said that it was good news in the fight over who should take the 1st step in terms of the 2015 nuclear deal had now passed he also said that he was optimistic that the deal could be revived now farm is to develop 3 1st tweeted he said that the aim is to get those sanctions lifted and then iran would return to its commitments but he also said that there will not be a face to face meeting between iran and the United States he said that it was unnecessary now one of the chief negotiators for iran abbas iraq she now what he has said is that there wont be any direct in direct talks between the United States and iran however if the europeans want to go and speak to the United States well thats a matter for them now what hes essentially saying is that iran will not acknowledge any form of direct or director in direct talks with the United States but those are possibly take place because the europeans will be talking to the United States now the reason he said that is because of the domestic politics inside the country nothing has affected that to more than the nuclear deal and those sanctions every day life is affected the banking sector. The economy has suffered but irans irans position still remains the same they dont want to step by step process to this they want all the sanctions lifted that were imposed by former President Donald Trump and then iran will start returning to its commitments in terms of that 2015 nuclear deal. Major League Baseball is really a case a good soul star game from the u. S. State of georgia or off to republican politicians there prove controversial new voting restrictions include id requirements being made more stringent for absentee ballots its also now a criminal offense to offer food and water to people waiting in long voting lines critics see it as an effort to disenfranchise poor minority communities which tend to support the democratic party. You know these days ed Cherry Blossoms blooming is a sure sign that spring has sprung this year is the earliest records show that the season has started and scientists point here Climate Change or snow from salt. Its an annual event in northeast asia that heralds the coming of spring and thats been getting earlier each year in tokyo the traditional viewing of the Cherry Blossom coincides with the lifting of pandemic state of emergency restrictions allowing people to take full advantage of the spectacle. Last year i couldnt come here due to the state of emergency so here i am its the earliest the blossom has bloomed here since official records began 70 years ago and historians delving into archives from the ancient capital of kyoto believe its the earliest the bloom has appeared for at least 1200 years of course. But when i was a High School Student Cherry Blossoms were still blooming around the start of the Academic Year in april i think the timing is getting earlier. The colder Korean Peninsula witness says its blossoming just after japan but not by much a rolling wave of color moving south to north as temperatures climb its the earliest that sol has seen Cherry Blossom since records began 99 years ago and its 3 days sooner than the previous record that was set only last year it coincides with higher than average temperatures and more hours of sunshine the same apparent result of a changing climate is being felt across south korea only the most southerly island of jeju was warm enough to support the growing of subtropical fruit but not any more species like passionfruit are now grown in greenhouses much further north they were nona and areas in which subtropical fruits can be grown or expanding towards the southern central and northern parts of the country in japan in recent years the warming climate has meant more devastating summer rains and floods while the Korean Peninsula has suffered from more destructive typhoons the early blossom may portend a changing climate that will bring more extreme weather come the summer months. But for now and appearing all the more beautiful given the fragility and transience of its existence the blossom is here to be cherished robert bride aljazeera so. This is out there these are the top stories and gunshots have been heard to miramar streets as the military carries out another crackdown on anti coup protesters at least 5 people have reportedly been killed in 3 different cities on saturday tony chang has more from bangkok in neighboring thailand where in the past weve seen the armed forces rather sort of hiding behind the Police Services the pictures that were